July 18, 2014
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A woman walks on the beach of Qinglan port, as strong wind breaks her umbrella in Wenchang, south China's Hainan province. China braced for a powerful super typhoon heading for its southern coast after the storm left a trail of destruction and at least 40 dead in the neighboring Philippines.
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Israeli tanks maneuver outside the northern Gaza Strip. Israel intensified its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and warned it could "significantly widen" the operation.
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A Palestinian man holds his daughters, Shada and Lama al-Ejla, who were injured in an Israeli tank attack, as he leaves al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.
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A man walks past the graves of soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Macedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia, as the nation prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of the Athens-backed coup which led to the invasion of the northern third of the east Mediterranean island.